The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China was constructed nearly 2,000 years ago, by Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of China during the Qin reign in 206 B.C. In Chinese the wall is known by the name of Wan-Li Qang-Qeng which means 10,000-Li Long Wall. After conquering and uniting china from seven Warring States, the emperor linked and extended four old strengthening walls along the length of north of China that started off about 700 B.C.. Armed forces were positioned all along the wall as a primary defense against the attackers those were the nomadic Hsiung Nu clans, north of China and were known as huns. Warning fire signals were given from the Wall when there was any anticipation of an attack. The China's Great Wall is one of the biggest building structure projects ever accomplished. It extends cross-ways the mountains of northern China, winding north and northwest of Beijing. It is made of bricks, rocks and packed-earth. It was nearly 5,000 km long. Its breadth ranged from approximately 15 to 30 feet and was nearly 25 feet tall. In the time of Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall was distended to 4,000 miles and refurbished over a 200 year period with watch-towers and field gun positioned. The Great Wall can be seen from far off places and is the identity of China.The Great Wall of China was constructed with the motive in order to protect the country and the various dynasties from attacks and forced entry by Mongol, Turkic, and other roaming and wandering tribes approaching from areas in contemporary day Mongolia and Manchuria. It was also to save from harm the Chinese people from the attack and assault of the Xiongnu community from Mongolia. The Xiongnu family was China's chief rival at that time and as a result the Chinese constructed the Great Wall to stop them from forcing in and winning China and also to bother and keep away Xiongnu people by bombardment, arrows and firing cannonballs at them from the Great Wall, which was ingeniously intended with tiny holes in the walls for protection and attack at the similar time. Even though the structure of the architectural marvel gave up numerous lives, it was still worth it in the end as the Mongolians strength probably would have killed many more Chinese while inside China. In the later years it also attracted many tourists though that was not the main purpose for building it. Today it happens to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Great Wall of China is a post from: Traveling China from Traveling China http://www.chinaya.org

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